botanical tour in the LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT, ASSAM, 67 
denia campanulata^ one of the commonest in the forest, a spinose vir- 
gate shrub redeemed from absolute ugliness by the beauty of its 
fragrant white flowers, Phyllanthus reticulatuSy Glochidion 
hirsutum ; Villebrunea integrifolia^ Boehmeria platyphylla ^ 
Sarcochlamys pulcherrimOy three Urticaceous plants all yielding 
strong, serviceable fibres ; Leea sambucina^ an undershrub often grega- 
rious ; Styrax serrulatum^ sometimes attaining the stature of a tree, 
most beautiful when in flower with pure white corollas and bright 
yellow anthers ; Buddleta asiatica\ most striking plant when 
its branches droop with the burden of the closely set panicles of 
perfumed white flowers ; Viburnum Colebrookinum^ another plant 
also conspicuous when in bloom ; Acanthus leucdstachys^ a low 
shrub with holly like leaves more remarkable for its rarity than for 
beauty; Sapindus attenuatuSy a loosely growing small shrub with 
flowers of a peculiarly dingy brown colour ; Morus indica, the 
Indian Mulberry, moderately common as a spreading shrub and its 
black fruit clusters are palatable in a country where there is so 
little variety in edible fruits ; Callicarpa macrophylla^ with hoary 
leaves ; Dosdalacanthus nervosuSy a handsome plant with veined 
bracts and bright deep blue flowers; three interesting species of 
RiibiaceaSy Wendlandia tinctoria, Saprosma ternatum (with many 
of its leaves arranged in whorls of three), and Psychotria denti- 
culata* 
These only are cited as types ot the erect shrubby vegetation but 
many others could readily be named as one reviews the Flora within 
reach of the winding and intersecting paths of the forest. 
We now transfer our attention to the scandent shrubs which are 
a decidedly predominant feature of the locality. 
Jasminum undulatiivi is a common dense climber. Mussasnda 
glabra attaining to considerable heights, betrays itself by its milk 
vvhite foliaceous calyx lobes. Uncar ia sessilifructus and Uncar ia 
macrophylla are large climbers with hard, curving, stipular thorns 
resembling buffalo-horns in miniature. 
Tournefortia viridifloray of lurid green aspect, represents the 
order Boraginaceoe. 
H eptapleurum ucnulosiuriy one of the few Araliaceous plants 
existing here, is an enormous climber with numerous branches each 
terminated by copious panicles of red-brown fruits. Pubus lucenSy 
belonging to a genus characteristic of Temperate Regions, forms 
tangled and impenetrable thickets in association with the equally 
well armed Zizyphus funiculosay Z. rugosa .nd Zanthoxylum 
Hamiltonianum. Aspidopterys Roxburghiana is a soft leaved 
climber bearing masses of light brown wdnged fruits. Aristolochia 
sGccata has also larp-e soft leaves. 
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